Amazing Facts About the Human Body: You may feel comfortable in yourself, but how much do you actually know about your body?

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Even the most elite endurance athletes can’t outrun biology. A new study finds that humans hit a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their resting energy burn. When ultra-runners take on races that ...